The League One league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Meizhou Hakka and Hangzhou are placed 1st and 2nd respectively.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a League One match only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Shaanxi Chang'an.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Meizhou Hakka form and stats
Meizhou Hakka have only played one League One game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 2 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats from 2 matches.
A good away victory last time out for Meizhou Hakka, who won 1-0 against Shaanxi Chang'an (placed 4th). Before that, Meizhou had a home game versus Xinjiang Tianshan which ended with a victory 2-1.
Early season league goal statistics from Meizhou Hakka's 1 home game: 2 goals, 1 conceded.
Hangzhou form and stats
Only one away game in the League One so far for Hangzhou and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 1 victory, 1 draw and 1 loss from 3 travels.
180 minutes! That's how long the Hangzhou goalkeeper Chao Gu and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Hangzhou played 0-0 against Sichuan in their previous match. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Zibo Sunday at their stadium, the result 4-0.
It's early days yet, but Hangzhou has scored 4 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Last nine meetings between the teams: Meizhou Hakka won three, Hangzhou won three and three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Doumbouya 8 goals |   N. Mushekwi 6 goals |
Meizhou Hakka missing players
Hangzhou missing players
| Meizhou Hakka | Hangzhou | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14 | 7.5 |
| 2.5 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 60% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 80% | 67% |
| Meizhou Hakka | Last season | Hangzhou | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 15 | 7 | Played | P | 8 | 15 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 27 | 16 | Scored | S | 16 | 27 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Conceded | C | 10 | 13 | ||
| 93% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 93% | ||
| 73% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 73% | ||
| 53% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | ||
| 20% | 43% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 13% | ||
| 53% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 53% | ||
| 33% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 12% | 13% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.5 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 9.3 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.2 | ||
| 47% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 56% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Meizhou Hakka | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Hangzhou | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | Xinjiang Tianshan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Shaanxi Chang'an | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Sichuan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 6 | Zibo Sunday | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Changchun Yatai | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Hangzhou | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Zhenjiang Huasa | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 4 | Chengdu Qianbao | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 7 |
| 5 | Meizhou Hakka | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Taizhou Yuanda | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -8 | 0 |
- South China Morning Post - News (in English)